hospital fire in East Delhi Seven days after the birth, the seventh baby dies from wounds

According to a senior police officer, the staff members were questioned about a number of topics, including their shift timings, qualifications, including verification of degrees and university validation, and where they were when the incident occurred.According to authorities, a 50-day-old baby who had been saved from the fire at the Baby Care New Born Hospital in Vivek Vihar, East Delhi, died early on Friday morning from her wounds.The toddler did not get any burn injuries, per the police. She was one of the five kids that were saved when the fire started last Saturday night. There were six more dead.A major fire broke out on May 26, around 10.55 p.m., due to a probable short circuit in the generator that was kept on the building's top. It quickly moved to the hospital's oxygen cylinder storage, causing several explosions. Almost thirty to thirty-five minutes later, sixteen fire tenders were dispatched to the scene.

The neonatal facility lacked both an appropriate fire-combat plan and a fire NOC (no-objection certificate), according to the fire department.The facility's owner, Dr. Naveen Khichi, and his shift worker, Dr. Akash, were taken into custody on Sunday night.Additionally, hospitals that refer kids to the neonatal unit will be questioned by police. An officer declared, "We will examine the hospitals about whether they verified the Vivek Vihar hospital's accreditation before sending the patients there, and where the neonates were first admitted.On Wednesday, the police announced that they had taken testimonies from fifteen people, including hospital employees and relatives of the newborns. According to a senior police officer, the staff members were questioned about a number of topics, including their shift timings, qualifications, including verification of degrees and university validation, and where they were when the incident occurred. An officer stated, "They were also questioned about Dr. Khichi and the procedure he followed in hiring them."According to the officer, the families of the newborns who passed away were asked questions about the hospital that referred them to the Vivek Vihar clinic, their child's health issue, and other procedures they had to go through in order to admit their child to the clinic. These statements were recorded.